The A-LIST

EPISODE #001 – ROB REILLY

RECORDED JAN 23, 2017.

Hey, everyone! It’s the very first ever episode of The A-List, the podcast that asks the world’s top advertising professionals how they got started in the business. Today Tom talks to Rob Reilly, Global Creative Chaiman of McCann WorldGroup. They talk about Rob’s beginnings in Montvale, NJ and his job as a bartender at the beach in Delaware, where he wrote ads for those planes that fly by while you’re getting your tan on. You’ll hear about how Rob got his first job at McCann and how Alex Bogusky told him some news he didn’t want to hear. And don’t miss the part about the fax Rob sent to Rich Silverstein and why he never followed up. Finally, we get some advice on how to do your best work (Hint: work a lot.) You can follow Rob on Twitter at @RobReillyMC and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rob.reilly.52.

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